Gajim /ɡɛˈʒiːm/[4] is an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK toolkit. The name Gajim is a recursive acronym for Gajim's a jabber instant messenger. Gajim runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GPL-3.0-only license, Gajim is free software. A 2009 round-up of similar software on Tom's Hardware found version 0.12.1 "the lightest and fastest jabber IM client".[5]
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 Gajim main window (version 1.8.2) | |
| Developer(s) | Gajim Developers |
|---|---|
| Initial release | May 21, 2004[1] |
| Stable release | 1.9.3[2] 
/ 29 July 2024 |
| Repository | dev |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Standard(s) | XMPP |
| Available in | Multi language[3] |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Website | gajim |
Features
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Gajim aims to be an easy to use and fully-featured XMPP client. Gajim uses GTK (PyGObject) as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:
- Group chat support
- Emojis, Avatars, File transfer
- Systray icon, Spell checking
- TLS, OpenPGP and end-to-end encryption support
- Transport Registration support
- Service Discovery including Nodes
- Wikipedia, dictionary and search engine lookup
- Multiple accounts support
- D-Bus Capabilities
- XML Console
- Jingle voice and video support[6] (using the "python-farstream" library, no support in Windows yet),[7] [citation needed]FAQ says it's not supported yet, at least not under windows[8]
- OMEMO encryption
- HTTP file upload
Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and others.[3]
Third-party plugins
editGajim supports various third-party plugins (official list).
See also
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References
edit- ^ ChangeLog
- ^ "Gajim 1.9.3". 29 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Development page". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
- ^ "Gajim FAQ". Gajim Wiki. 16 April 2023.
- ^ "gajimfaq · Wiki · gajim / gajim · GitLab". GitLab. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
Reviews
- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Review: Gajim Jabber client on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
- Mihai Marinof, Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux. on Softpedia, 7 November 2006
External links
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